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Compact and Ultra-Efficient Broadband Plasmonic Terahertz Field Detector ARTICLE https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13490-x OPEN Compact and ultra-efficient broadband plasmonic terahertz field detector Yannick Salamin 1,5*, Ileana-Cristina Benea-Chelmus 2,4,5*, Yuriy Fedoryshyn1, Wolfgang Heni1, Delwin L. Elder 3, Larry R. Dalton 3, Jérôme Faist 2 & Juerg Leuthold 1* Terahertz sources and detectors have enabled numerous new applications from medical to communications. Yet, most efficient terahertz detection schemes rely on complex free-space 1234567890():,; optics and typically require high-power lasers as local oscillators. Here, we demonstrate a fiber-coupled, monolithic plasmonic terahertz field detector on a silicon-photonics platform featuring a detection bandwidth of 2.5 THz with a 65 dB dynamical range. The terahertz wave is measured through its nonlinear mixing with an optical probe pulse with an average power of only 63 nW. The high efficiency of the scheme relies on the extreme confinement of the −8 3 terahertz field to a small volume of 10 (λTHz/2) . Additionally, on-chip guided plasmonic probe beams sample the terahertz signal efficiently in this volume. The approach results in an extremely short interaction length of only 5 μm, which eliminates the need for phase matching and shows the highest conversion efficiency per unit length up to date. 1 ETH Zurich, Institute of Electromagnetic Fields (IEF), 8092 Zurich, Switzerland. 2 ETH Zurich, Institute for Quantum Electronics (IQE), 8093 Zurich, Switzerland. 3 Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1700, USA. 4Present address: Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. 5These authors contributed equally: Yannick Salamin, Ileana-Cristina Benea-Chelmus. *email: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] NATURE COMMUNICATIONS | (2019) 10:5550 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13490-x | www.nature.com/naturecommunications 1 ARTICLE NATURE COMMUNICATIONS | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13490-x erahertz (THz)1,2 research is gaining a new momentum substrates are relatively compact and have already demonstrated thanks to recent breakthroughs in the areas of quantum high sensitivities when integrated with plasmonic electrodes19. T 3–5 6 7,8 electrodynamics , ultrafast nanoscopy , spectroscopy , While these detectors feature a broad bandwidth and a very high telecommunications9, and imaging10. Yet, a real outbreak of THz dynamical range at short measurement acquisition times, a fine technology has been hindered so far by the impracticality of balance has to be found between the carrier mobility and lifetime nowadays THz systems that require bulky free-space optics. In to ensure an efficient yet broadband detection20. This compro- addition, the nonlinear mixing with the probe pulse typically mise typically results in an efficiency that drops beyond 1 THz. occurs in exotic material systems, such as e.g. zinc-telluride Conversely, detectors relying on the χ(2) Pockels effect should (ZnTe)11 or gallium arsenide (GaAs)12, and a high sensitivity is offer higher speed. For instance, crystals such as lithium niobate 13 only reached at the expense of a high laser power . Chip-scale, (LiNbO3) or ZnTe have been used to detect THz and mid-IR high-performance and broadband THz systems that exploit well- fields11,21,22. Unfortunately, the χ(2) effect is rather weak and established silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology and operating comes with a small photon-to-photon up-conversion efficiency, at low optical powers could pave the way to a multitude of new which requires large interaction lengths and in return needs phase applications14. matching of the interacting waves23. Nonetheless, impressive Most widely used room-temperature THz detection approa- results have been demonstrated with field sensitivities equivalent ches rely on photoconduction15,16 or nonlinear parametric up- to a single photon3 or vacuum field fluctuations4. As an alter- conversion in a crystal with χ(2) second-order susceptibility17.In native to inorganic crystals, nonlinear organic (NLO) material both cases, the electric field of a THz wave is measured indirectly, systems demonstrated record high χ(2) nonlinearities22,24. They by means of its modulation onto an optical probe1. Photo- already have demonstrated THz detection up to 15 THz25. Still, conductive antennas (PCA) produced on low-temperature grown electro-optic detection is quite cumbersome as it relies on bulky GaAs (LT-GaAs)12 or indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs)18 free-space optics and rather large nonlinear crystals. Additionally, a SMF ETHz,i THz antenna IIR PPS SMF +Δϕ MZI THz GC IIR+THz –Δϕ THz GC b On-chip interferometer c 4LC resonator 50:50 HF antenna PPS LF antenna μ 10 μm 50:50 2 m Fig. 1 On-chip terahertz detector. a The detector consists of a Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI) with antenna-coupled plasmonic phase shifters (PPS). An incident THz field (ETHz,i) introduces, via the linear electro-optic effect, a refractive index change in the gap of the two antenna-coupled phase shifters. This change of refractive index leads to a linear phase delay (±ΔφTHz) of the IR probe pulses (IIR) traveling through the phase shifters. The phase modulation experienced by the IR probe pulses is transformed into an intensity modulation (IIR+THz) at the output of the interferometer. The probe pulses are coupled in and out on-chip silicon (Si) waveguides by means of grating couplers (GC). The organic electro-optic material in the two-phase shifters located in opposite arms of the MZI has opposite polarity to enable push-pull operation. Scale bar is 10 μm. b False color scanning electron image of the fabricated multi-resonant THz detector. The antenna comprises of a high-frequency (HF) antenna and a low-frequency (LF) antenna. Each antenna is resonant within a spectral range. Combined they provide a broadband THz response. c Close-up view of the HF-THz antenna directly coupled to the PPS. Scale bar is 2 μm. SMF single mode fiber, 50:50: multi-mode interferometer. 2 NATURE COMMUNICATIONS | (2019) 10:5550 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13490-x | www.nature.com/naturecommunications NATURE COMMUNICATIONS | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13490-x ARTICLE a compromise needs to be found between an ideally focused beam The output optical intensity IIR+THz is thus given by and a long interaction length in order to maximize the conversion hiπ fi fi 26 Iin Iin ef ciency. In a rst approach to miniaturize these detectors, an I þ ¼ 1 þ cos þ 2 Δφ ð1 þ 2 Δn k L Þ antenna was used to collect and confine the THz field to a small IR THz 2 2 THz 2 eff 0 slot volume of 44 μm3 where an electro-optic polymer was located. An ð1Þ electro-optic bandwidth of 1.25 THz was reported with a dyna- = π λ λ = mical power range of ~40 dB. In this way, phase-matching with k0 2 / 0 the wavenumber, 0 1560 nm the probe = μ Δ between the THz wave and optical signal was avoided. Yet, the wavelength, Lslot 5 m the length of the plasmonic slot. neff efficiency was limited by the weak optical probe confinement of is the change of the effective group index of the probe pulse in 35 fi the free-space setup. This led to an inefficient nonlinear inter- each PPS , which changes linearly with the THz eld ETHz,g action with the THz signal and accordingly to a low efficiency. (see the “Methods” section and Supplementary Note 4). A Recently, integrated plasmonic waveguides27 functionalized with detailed analysis of the detector’s performance with respect to nonlinear materials have shown impressive nonlinear χ(2) effi- the MZI operation point is discussed in Supplementary Notes 2 ciencies28. Meanwhile, they have demonstrated good perfor- and 3. mance as electro-optical modulators for high-bit rate systems up The THz antenna consists of two parts, a high-frequency (HF) to 120 GBd29 or for the direct electro-optical up-conversion of 60 and a low-frequency (LF) resonant antenna (see Fig. 1b). The GHz microwave signals30,31. More recently, the frequency combination of the two resonators provides a broadband response of these plasmonic modulators has been shown to frequency response. The HF THz resonator antenna (>1 THz) exceed 500 GHz32. The question that we address here is the fol- contains a four-leaf clover (4LC) structure with the antenna gap lowing one: Can the combination of plasmonics with an organic forming the plasmonic waveguide. The LF resonators are formed nonlinear material offer a simple path towards integrated, effi- by photonic-bandgap (PBG) lines designed to enhance the field at cient broadband THz detectors? lower frequencies (<1 THz) without affecting the HF resonance of To answer this question, we introduce an ultra-compact- the 4LC structure. The exact dimensions of the capacitive and integrated plasmonic THz field detector realized on a silicon inductive elements of the antenna provide a way to tailor the platform. The detector directly measures the electric field frequency response of the detector by its geometry (see amplitude and phase of a THz signal in absolute units (V/m). Supplementary Note 1). Despite the small size of the detector, we show one of the highest A strong THz-to-optical up-conversion efficiency can be conversion efficiencies which, per unit length, is 1000–10,000 expected for multiple reasons in this design. First, the THz times higher than in bulk nonlinear crystals. The high conversion wave collected by the antenna induces a voltage across the efficiency is related to the strong confinement of the THz wave highly sub-wavelength gap and results in a very strong field. and optical probe signal in the nonlinear plasmonic waveguide Further, the field is enhanced by the multi-resonant antenna and a multi-resonant antenna design.
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